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... called the first city in the department of the Seine Inférieure , is one of the largest and most commercial cities in France , being , with its suburbs , seven miles in circumference , and having a population of nearly 100,000 . It is ...
... called the first city in the department of the Seine Inférieure , is one of the largest and most commercial cities in France , being , with its suburbs , seven miles in circumference , and having a population of nearly 100,000 . It is ...
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... called the City , and is the most ancient part of Paris ; on it are many buildings of great celebrity and interest - the Palais de Justice , formerly the residence of the earlier kings of France , and the Cathedral of Notre Dame , the ...
... called the City , and is the most ancient part of Paris ; on it are many buildings of great celebrity and interest - the Palais de Justice , formerly the residence of the earlier kings of France , and the Cathedral of Notre Dame , the ...
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... called the Pantheon . Not far from hence , near the Barrière d'Italie , is the far- famed Tapestry Manufactory , called the Gobelins , once enjoying a more fashionable celebrity than at the present day , but still an object of great ...
... called the Pantheon . Not far from hence , near the Barrière d'Italie , is the far- famed Tapestry Manufactory , called the Gobelins , once enjoying a more fashionable celebrity than at the present day , but still an object of great ...
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... called the Pont de Jena , a noble structure which narrowly escaped falling a sacrifice to Prussian pride : preparations were made for blowing it up , when the Allied Troops had possession of Paris in 1814. Louis XVIII . , with the true ...
... called the Pont de Jena , a noble structure which narrowly escaped falling a sacrifice to Prussian pride : preparations were made for blowing it up , when the Allied Troops had possession of Paris in 1814. Louis XVIII . , with the true ...
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... called its Statistics . Paris is divided into twelve Arrondissements , each having its particular municipalty presided over by a Mayor , a Justice of Peace , and four Commissaries of Police , one for each of its quarters . The following ...
... called its Statistics . Paris is divided into twelve Arrondissements , each having its particular municipalty presided over by a Mayor , a Justice of Peace , and four Commissaries of Police , one for each of its quarters . The following ...
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